Next week my daughter will turn 21 years old. (Quick, somebody pour her me a drink.) Twenty-one years old. How the hell did this happen? Wasn’t I just celebrating turning 21 in Vegas with my boyfriend who, despite what it looks like in this photograph, didn’t become my husband for over three more years? It’s hard […]

Brrrrrr, you guys. It’s a blustery fall day and I’m actually writing this sitting by the fire, covered from waist to toes with a cozy throw, a cup of coffee by my side (and a sleeping cat as well!), and the smell of my favorite BBW Leaves candle mingling with the smell of pumpkin bread baking […]

Recently I was chatting with my dentist (as I do) because 1.) I have high levels of anxiety at the dentist which causes me to over share and babble (more than is usual), and 2.) my dentist is awesome, and I was telling her about how I’d just talked to my 20-year-old daughter who was in NYC with my husband, sitting […]

J McClelland -We have 4 kids (ages 11-17) and our favorite pastime is dreaming of the day when they are all gone! Thank you for confirming what we know is going to be utopia! Ha
We have friends that are aghast when we talk about kicking the kids out after they graduate (they usually just have 1 to 2 still-cute kiddos). We think they’re the weird ones.
I can’t wait until the time that I can put something out and it won’t either disappear or become broken. Or I won’t have to hear about how I’m ruining a life by not letting them have their own iPhone…ReplyCancel

Michelle -“…our favorite pastime is dreaming of the day when they are all gone” — bahahahaha!! Glad to hear I’m not the only one who prefers my kids older than younger these days. Pretty awesome when they become your adult friends!ReplyCancel

The good old Friday Favorites are back, ya’ll, and I have two words for you. Shut. Up. Without going into a long explanation of the mental state I’m clearly in to be as hypocritical indecisive and flustered about something so trivial, let me just say that as much as I thought I liked the idea […]

It’s not surprising that I’m proud of my 15-year-old daughter for loads of things. She’s smart, talented, funny, empathetic, kind, driven, and possesses a wicked, sarcastic sense of humor. But what I might actually be most proud of her for—and what won’t be surprising to those who know me—is this: she’s a superfan. Superfan [soo-per-fan] noun A person who exhibits […]

You guys will never believe this. I’m thinking of changing these posts. Yes, I know there’s only been four of them. Yes, I know I just changed the Friday Favorites over to them because I was sick of the Friday Favorites, but guess what? I kind of miss the Friday Favorites. But then I remembered […]

ARE YA’LL READY FOR THIS?? It’s game time, fellow superfans. The long off-season is over and it’s time for kickoff! For the next five months we’ll be predicting, wagering, diagraming, cheering, groaning, and drinking as we watch our favorites win and lose. That’s right, folks, it’s the best time of the year: Awards show season. Kicking […]

pamb -One slight correction, it was Jeffrey Tambor who gave the tribute to Garry Shandling. He played Garry’s sidekick Hank on the Larry Sanders Show (his catchphrase was ‘hey now’, which is why he said it before the montage).

Because I am OLD, I was in college when Wham first appeared in the US as Wham UK. I had to go to the indie record store to buy the expensive import version of their album, and felt SO COOL.Wikipedia Wham UK Fantastic to se the boys in motorcycle jackets. No, I still don’t have the album 🙁ReplyCancel

Snarkfest-OMG WHAT HAPPENED TO KELLY PRESTON?????
You nailed it, she’s TOTALLY morphed into Marie Osmond, except Mormons and Scientologists aren’t supposed to intermingle, are they? I hope they don’t get caught!ReplyCancel

Yesterday I upgraded my phone to iOS 10. I spent a full hour playing with the new features in iMessages alone. I sent gif images, stickers, bursts of confetti, and floaty balloons to the family text group for so long that two of them went dark on me. Apparently if you have a real job […]

(Because I’m sure you’ve been waiting all summer to find out.) Apologies for the slightly narcissistic tone of that post title (but I mean, c’mon, it’s a blog) but you guys, I love this time of year.Those of you who’ve been following along for awhile know I’m not talking about pumpkin spice creamer and pumpkin spice […]

Michelle -I know!! I don’t usually fall for shows like that but the whole premise looks so fresh and interesting. Plus, Kiefer Sutherland. Can’t go wrong. (Unless your name is Julia Roberts…)ReplyCancel

Bev Draughon -Bull with Michael Weatherly. I will miss him on NCIS but this show looks promising to me.ReplyCancel

Michelle -I will definitely take a look at the trailer! Thanks for the tip!! 🙂ReplyCancel

Tiff-I just wrote a similar post on my blog but yours is so much better!
Fall TV is my absolute favorite time of the year & there are a lot of new shows to watch. I can’t wait!ReplyCancel

Michelle -Kindred spirits!! 🙂 Going to check it out right now!ReplyCancel

Lara -I’m VERY thankful I’m not the only one who sits down and pretty much draws up a football playbook for the fall television schedule. I do a list by time and day of the week. I do a list by network. I do a list by what day they start or come back.

Michelle -Always happy to support crazy, especially when it’s concerning television! What shows are you watching? Any disappointments yet? (Mine is “Speechless” – I tried to like it but haven’t been able to get through an entire episode yet. 🙁 )ReplyCancel

New shows: This is Us (LOVE), Designated Survivor (Kiefer can be president of my LIFE), Son of Zorn (my 13 yr old son LOVES this), Timeless (still on the DVR, haven’t watched it yet), and The Good Place (really enjoying this). I was going to watch Conviction but I’m limited on time & DVR space.

I love a show with well-written snappy dialogue, and The Good Place has all that.

And, of course, I am addicted to DCC: Making the Team. My 13 yr old son also watches this with me…but probably for different reasons than he did two years ago. 😉ReplyCancel

For the past four years I’ve reposted this story on 9/11. Why? Because we all have our stories from that horrific day, and try as we might, we can’t make them change. 15 years ago at this time I was trying desperately to get another hour of sleep. My 4 month old had had a fussy […]